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| Mōri Terumoto | |
| Born: | 1553 |
|---|---|
| Place of Birth: | Unknown |
| Died: | 1625 |
| Cause of Death: | Unknown |
| Place of Death: | Unknown |
| Style name: | 毛利 輝元 |
| Served: | Mōri Toyotomi Tokugawa |
| Participation(s): | Siege of Kōzuki Battles of Kizugawaguchi Siege of Ichinomiya Battle of Sekigahara |
Mōri Terumoto (毛利 輝元), was the grandson and successor of Mōri Motonari.
Biography[]
After succeeding his grandfather, Mōri Motonari, Mōri Terumoto faced the advancing military campaigns of Oda Nobunaga’s generals along the Seto Inland Sea. During this period, Terumoto provided support to the Ikkō-ikki forces associated with the Ishiyama Hongan-ji.[1]
In 1575, Mōri Terumoto directed a siege against Kōzuki Castle, targeting the remaining forces of the Amago clan.[2]
In 1576, Mōri Terumoto joined an anti-Nobunaga coalition alongside Kennyo, Uesugi Kenshin, Takeda Katsuyori, and later Matsunaga Hisahide and Araki Murashige,[3] organized by Ashikaga Yoshiaki. The Mōri clan adopted a hostile stance to the west of Oda territories.[4] As part of this coalition, Mōri Terumoto supported the Ishiyama-Hongan-ji forces,[5] dispatching the Mōri fleet between 1576 and 1578 against Oda forces, which culminated in the Battles of Kizugawaguchi.[6]
During the Siege of Takamatsu, Mōri Terumoto was preparing to reinforce the castle against the Oda forces. However, upon learning of the events at Honnō-ji, Toyotomi Hideyoshi negotiated peaceful terms with the Mōri.[7] The original plan had been for Akechi Mitsuhide to send a messenger to Mōri Terumoto, instructing an attack on Hideyoshi’s rear following the death of Oda Nobunaga, with the assurance that no further Oda forces would engage his holdings, but the messenger was intercepted by Hideyoshi’s forces.[8]
Following the death of Oda Nobunaga, Mōri Terumoto made peace with Toyotomi Hideyoshi and subsequently participated in Hideyoshi’s efforts to unify Japan.[9]
In 1585, Mōri Terumoto, together with Kobayakawa Takakage and Kikkawa Motonaga, commanded a force of approximately 30,000 troops in a military campaign advancing into Shikoku's Iyo Province, under the control of the Chōsokabe clan.[10]
In 1591, Mōri Terumoto oversaw the construction of Hiroshima Castle[11] and later participated in the Toyotomi clan’s military campaigns in Korea.[12]
In 1600, Mōri Terumoto opposed the Tokugawa's Eastern Army and following the Battle of Sekigahara, was compelled to shave his head as a sign of submission.[13]
Sources[]
- ↑ Samurai Sourcebook, Stephen Turnbull, pg. 63
- ↑ Samurai Sourcebook, Stephen Turnbull, pg. 230
- ↑ Jeroen Pieter Lamers, Japonius Tyrannus: The Japanese Warlord, Oda Nobunaga Reconsidered, p. 165
- ↑ Jeroen Pieter Lamers, Japonius Tyrannus: The Japanese Warlord, Oda Nobunaga Reconsidered, p. 150
- ↑ Jeroen Pieter Lamers, Japonius Tyrannus: The Japanese Warlord, Oda Nobunaga Reconsidered, p. 166
- ↑ Samurai Sourcebook, Stephen Turnbull, p. 228
- ↑ Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Stephen Turnbull, p. 22
- ↑ Toyotomi Hideyoshi, Stephen Turnbull, p. 26
- ↑ Samurai Sourcebook, Stephen Turnbull, pg. 63
- ↑ Samurai Sourcebook, Stephen Turnbull, pg. 236
- ↑ Samurai Sourcebook, Stephen Turnbull, pg. 63
- ↑ Samurai Sourcebook, Stephen Turnbull, pg. 281
- ↑ Samurai Sourcebook, Stephen Turnbull, pg. 63